Sekirov Dictionary

sit up and take notice

verb1

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To start to pay attention suddenly.
- But when we streaked through Doncaster at all but a mile-a-minute, with a miraculously clear road, in no more than 37 min. 18 sec. from the York start, I began to sit up and take notice. — 1949

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